The Bacillus secretion stress response is an indicator for α-amylase production levels

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-73

  Westers, H ^a   Darmon, E ^a,b   Zanen, G ^a   Veening, J W ^a   Kuipers, O P ^a   Bron, S ^a   Quax, W J ^a   Van Dijl, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CssRS; HtrA; HtrB; Indicator strain; Stress management; TepA

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYLASE PRODUCTION; B.SUBTILIS; CSSRS; HTRA; HTRB; INDICATOR STRAIN; PRODUCTION LEVEL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRESSES RESPONSE; TEPA;

AMYLASES;

AMYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; TEPA;

EID: 3042824034     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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